five thousand and forty-eight volumes ［五千四十八巻］ ( gosen-shijūhachi-kan): The number of volumes of the Chinese versions of Buddhist scriptures, known to have existed in the eighth century. The K’ai-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, compiled by Chih-sheng in 730, the eighteenth year of the K’ai-yüan era (713–741) of the T’ang dynasty, lists this number of extant works. Thereafter “five thousand and forty-eight volumes,” “five thousand volumes,” or “more than five thousand volumes” came to refer to the entire body of Buddhist scriptures. A later catalog, The Chen-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, compiled by Yüan-chao in 800, the sixteenth year of the Chen-yüan era (785–804) of the T’ang dynasty, lists 7,388 volumes of Buddhist scriptures. This number was also employed in referring to the entire body of Buddhist texts as the “five thousand or seven thousand volumes of Buddhist scriptures.”